Quick Baseball Tips for Youth Players & Coaches
Posted on | June 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
Coach JP’s Quick Baseball Tips on Baseball Player & Coach Training
What I’ve Learned From Baseball… in 40 years of trying! Here’s a few of my Baseball Tips for Youth Coaches… regardless of the level you coach or play… Enjoy!
· I have found that few 10 year olds grasp the concept of competing and winning… keep em having fun while learning the game!
· I have found that around half of 11 year olds grasp the concept of competing and winning.
· I have found that most all 12 year olds grasp the concept of competing and winning… the stings and lessons of winning & losing are a new experience.
· Make the last 10 minutes of every practice fun…even better, find fun ideas, fun drills and fun games that involve sucking oxygen…. puppies love to run!
· My First Rule on Pitchers – Pitchers should be pulled one batter too soon rather than one batter too late! I made & broke this rule twice & got my team beat…twice! – a slow learner!
· Draft Athletes…why? Your team becomes much more versatile and able to overcome a key injury and other unforeseen problems…. its a long season!
- Learn as much as you can about pitching! Aside from the fact that so much of your team’s success rides on your pitchers… it is the biggest area of the game where you can effect your players PRESENT AND FUTURE HEALTH! Take it seriously.
- There is only one reason to be coaching baseball… for every single player you coach. Make them all “your kids” no matter what the age group!
HELP: I would like to become a better resource for you. Do you have any thoughts or recommendations on what I might include in these blog posts? I am learning, have a head-full of great stuff to share with you and don’t want to become more junk in anyone’s inbox… email me at coach@baseballtips.com
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July 8th, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
Coach,
I enjoy your comments,I have played minor league ball and am a devout fundamentalist and knowledgeable teacher able to help all players basically and more so at all nine positions mentally and physically which I can say is on the average teaching level non-prevalent with most present day people who handle sports players and teams of players particular in baseball which also includes professional ball up to and including major league ball, the general publics impression of pro. ball is that there is an abundance of qualified teachers of the game to teach pro. players at each level how to become better is a down right fallacy, especially pitching teaching capabilities, I observe games here in Springfield, Mo. at the double{A] level for instance and see pitchers who obviously certainly can throw the ball but due to their total lack of good mechanics, due to the total lack of getting proper assistance with how to make the proper adjustments, due to the lack of knowledgeable, experienced, teaching coaches right up the line to where they are now, It makes absolutely no difference, as most people are led to believe,how much or what level a person has played on they must have teaching qualities to be able to sucessfully convey their acquired knowledge to another person, which there is not,and is the real sad case throughout amateur baseball and athletics altogether,I actually feel sorry for pitchers and those wanting to improve on their hitting skills at any level who do not have a qualified “teacher” to help them on a regular day to day basis, there are entirely too many unnecessary elbow, arm and shoulder operations from the youth ages up to and through the major leagues due to the lack of proper teaching from experienced and knowledgeable teachers who can teach proper mechanics and how to deliver each pitched ball to it’s intended target starting from the ground up and using the whole body to do so which alleviates[RELIEVES] the arm tension tremendously and assists in preventing serious unnecessary surgeries and arm problems, I could go on and on.
Don Ervin
kom_ervin@yahoo.com